unblacked
- a word derived from black.
Example Sentences
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Worst of all, unblacked, unshiny— Greet them with derisive hoots— Clumsy, huge!
From Mr. Punch On Tour by Various
I was neither a grown-up nor a child, while my face was unwashed, my hair unbrushed, my clothes tumbled, and my boots unblacked and muddy.
From Youth by Hogarth, C. J.
The bear-skin housing of my saddle pleased them very much, and my boots of unblacked leather, which they compare to the deer-hide moccasins which they wear for winter hunting.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
He snatched his cap and was away up the High Street before anybody could find time to tell him that his neck was unwashed, his boots unblacked or unlaced, or his collar disarranged.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
But my dear Mr. Martin is my dear Mr. Martin still, unblacked, unchanged, as when I knew him in the sun long ago, when suns were content to make funny places, instead of drawing pictures!
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
